Like most modern treatments that get adopted prematurely in MS, i.e. before the necessary science is done to convince the wider community, they are driven by social media. We have a lot of experience on this blog with CCSVI; in fact, CCSVI is one of the main reasons why I started this blog.

The question I now find myself asking has HSCT become the new CCSVI? Could the current support for HSCT as a treatment for MS getting ahead of the curve? Is the HSCT movement in MS becoming an anti-science movement, i.e. adopted against the predominant scientific opinion of the time? The wider MS community, pwMS, neurologists, scientists, charities, healthcare systems, etc. have agreed that there is a place for HSCT in the treatment of MS, but until we have better evidence of its relative benefits and risks compared to licensed DMTs we should be....